SAP Solution Manager

Scope and Effort Analyzer

How-To Guide

Applicable Releases:
Solution Manager 7.1 SP11

Target groups:
Technology Consultants
System Administrators

Version 1.1
April 2014

Martina Kaplan, Active Global Support, St. Leon-Rot, Germany

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Table of Contents
Step 1:
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1
Purpose of this Document ............................................................................................ 1
Introduction to Scope and Effort Analyzer ................................................................... 1
Typical Use Cases for SEA ............................................................................................. 2
Quick Start Overview of End-to-End Procedure ........................................................ 3

Step 2:
Background Information ...................................................................................... 4
2.1 Technique behind Scope and Effort Analyzer .............................................................. 4
2.1.1 Usage and Procedure Logging ......................................................................... 5
2.1.2 Semi-dynamic TBOM Generation .................................................................... 7
Step 3:
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5

Prerequisites........................................................................................................ 9
General Preparation Steps ........................................................................................... 9
Definition of the analysis landscape ............................................................................. 9
Mandatory Prerequisites: SAP Solution Manager ...................................................... 11
Mandatory Prerequisites: Managed Systems ............................................................ 12
Prerequisites: Integration with HP QC Testtool ......................................................... 13

Step 4:
Step-by-Step Procedure ..................................................................................... 14
4.1 Solution Manager Configuration ................................................................................ 14
4.1.1 System Preparation ....................................................................................... 14
4.1.2 Managed Systems Configuration ................................................................... 15
4.1.3 Custom Code Management ........................................................................... 16
4.2 Additional Recommended Checks.............................................................................. 25
4.3 Run Scope and Effort Analyzer ................................................................................... 27
4.3.1 Start a new Guided Procedure ...................................................................... 27
4.4 Start Background Processing ...................................................................................... 41
4.5 Monitor the Background Processing .......................................................................... 42
4.6 Collect and Review SEA Result Report ....................................................................... 43
4.6.1 Basic Navigation thought the Result Report.................................................. 44
4.6.2 Access and Review the Detailed Information ................................................ 44
4.6.3 Guidance on Interpretation of Results .......................................................... 45
4.6.4 Close the Result Report ................................................................................. 45
Step 5:
Appendix ........................................................................................................... 46
5.1 Useful Notes ............................................................................................................... 47
5.2 Further Help ............................................................................................................... 47

Step 1: Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this Document
Scope and Effort Analyzer (SEA) is an innovative tool designed for all customers running
maintenance events on their SAP systems to get a clear understanding of the change impact and the
test scope and related effort. To take advantage from Scope and Effort Analyzer we provide this
practical How-to document that explains all relevant prerequisites and configuration tasks to
generate an analysis report of a maintenance event.
This document will act as guidance for a fast consumption of Scope and Effort Analyzer.
For feedback on this How-to guide please contact: martina.kaplan@sap.com.

1.2 Introduction to Scope and Effort Analyzer

Scope and Effort Analyzer tool is a brand new application shipped with SAP Solution Manager 7.1
SP11 (March 2014) and is an innovative application to predict the two major cost and effort drivers
of maintenance projects (aka: software change events) without the need to physically deploy the
software packages. We recommend to run the Scope and Effort analysis in an early planning phase
of each maintenance project. The result analysis covers the following parts:

Development Management
Identification of affected custom code and modifications, required adjustments in the SAP
system, since software updates comes with updates or deletions of SAP standard objects.
Detailed effort estimation for custom code and modification adjustments.
Test Management
Identification of required test scope, test planning, recommendations for creation of missing
test cases and execution of manual tests. Detailed effort estimation for regression tests and
recommendations based on test scope optimization.

The Scope and Effort Analyzer as part of each maintenance project planning phase.

1.3 Typical Use Cases for SEA

Scope and Effort analyzer tool can evaluate the impact on your ABAP based SAP NetWeaver system
if you plan to implement Support Packages or SAP Enhancement Packages.
The typical use cases are:
You are in the planning phase of a maintenance project and want transparency about the
scope and effort of development changes and what tests to run to cover all changes.

You need details about the related costs and effort (project budget) to decide about the
execution of an SAP software update project.

You need advice on project scoping: for example how much extra effort does it mean to
install the latest SAP Enhancement Package as part of your maintenance event.

You want to reduce modifications and move closer to SAP standard.

You want to reduce maintenance costs and efforts on a long term basis.

You want to invest in Test Management / Solution Documentation (e.g. creation of

automated test cases) to reduce the manual test effort on a long term basis.

Any further use case where transparency and the change impact of software changes are
needed.

Benefits and process of Scope and Effort Analyzer tool

1.4 Quick Start Overview of End-to-End Procedure

In this chapter we want to give you an end-to-end overview of all related tasks associated with
Scope and Effort Analyzer tool.
These are the steps to perform:
Install SP11 in your productive SAP Solution Manager 7.1 system
Run SOLMAN_SETUP configuration steps in your SAP Solution Manager 7.1 system
o System preparation (all steps)
o Basic Configuration (all steps)
Run SOLMAN_SETUP configuration steps
o Managed Systems Configuration
All productive systems you intend to analyze. In addition we recommend to set up
your development and test/QA system as well.
Make sure that all productive systems you intend to analyze fulfill the technical prerequisites
for Usage and Procedure Logging (UPL) activation. For details see SAP Note 1828848 - Usage
and Procedure Logging: Technical prerequisite.
Run SOLMAN_SETUP configuration step
o Custom Code Management (Steps 1 6 mandatory for SEA)
This setup procedure activates UPL and custom code data collection.
Collect UPL data of you productive system (recommended: 3 month+, see chapter
Mandatory prerequisites for Managed Systems for details).
Ensure that all systems you plan to analyze are configured in you SAP Solution Manager
LMDB/SMSY and that Maintenance Optimizer is configured.
Run Scope & Effort Analysis guided procedure for your managed system once you are in the
planning phase of your next maintenance project or if you want to evaluate the effort and
scope of a software update task.
The guided procedure is described in chapter Guided Procedure of Scope and Effort
Analyzer.
Use the analysis result report as part of your maintenance project planning.

We understand the Scope and Effort Analyzer tool as a new standard and an integral part of you
planning phase for any maintenance event or software change project in your SAP system
landscape.

Step 2: Background Information

2.1 Technique behind Scope and Effort Analyzer
Scope and Effort Analyzer is an innovative application combining latest techniques to identify the
change impact of SAP software updates. With these new techniques in place several barriers can be
overcome as shown in the figure below:
With help of Usage and Procedure Logging technique it is now possible to calculate the impact to
custom code, modifications and business processes in consideration of the real system usage.
Based on the automatically calculated update vector (thats a detailed list of all technical support
and / or enhancement packages to reach the target definition) Scope and Effort Analyzer calculates
all SAP ABAP objects which are either deleted, changed (update version) or new delivered with this
software update. This ABAP object list or Bill of Material (BOM) is the central element to calculate
the impact on your SAP system even without a physical installation of those packages.
Semi-dynamic TBOM generation and the automated generation of SAP Module oriented blueprints
are two new features of Test Management. These features ensure to identify the impact on your
business processes / transaction codes with the objective to outline the test scope and
recommendations how to reduce the test effort with help of Test Scope Optimization (TSO)
functionality. This is achieved through a program-based optimization of the number of changed
objects by business process and the test effort of associated test cases.
The resulting optimized test scope is presented graphically in the result report with a suggested
sequence of process steps to be included in the test scope. The user can apply multiple levers to
adjust and optimize the test scope.

Issues Solutions Benefits of Scope and Effort Analyzer tool thanks to innovative techniques

2.1.1

Usage and Procedure Logging

Usage and Procedure Logging (UPL) is a new functionality available in any ABAP based system as of
SAP NetWeaver 7.01 SP10 or equivalents. UPL is used to log all called and executed ABAP units
(procedures) like programs, function modules down to classes, methods and subroutines or smart
forms.
This new enhanced SAP NetWeaver capability will have no performance impact on your system and
will capture usage information of ABAP routines directly as they occur. UPL will give you 100%
coverage of usage without estimations or evaluation of ABAP call stacks. This also includes the
detection of dynamically called ABAP elements.
UPL is the technology to close existing gaps in the SAP workload statistics which only captures static
calls as opposed to static and dynamic calls. With the secured access to the UPL data, your usage
information is protected against 3rd party eyes. The full reporting capabilities with enriched
information in BW of the Solution Manager will give you the flexibility to analyze ABAP usage on
demand.
UPL Documentation and helpful SAP notes
A full documentation about Usage and Procedure Logging is available at:
SAP Usage & Procedure Logging Documentation: https://websmp104.sapag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000427102012E
SAP Note 1955847 UPL: Activation Procedure and Authorization Handling in SAP Solution
Manager.
All UPL based prerequisites can are available in SAP Note 1828848, Usage and Procedure
Logging: Technical prerequisite.

Space Consumption
UPL data are collected and temporary stored in database tables in the managed system for a period
of 14 days (default retention period). The total space consumption in the managed system should
not significantly exceed 2-10 MB for 14 days. The database space per single UPL entry is around 55
bytes. If the activation of UPL is done as described in this guide a daily background job moves UPL
data from the managed system to the SAP Solution Manager system, which is the final storage
location. A database space issue in the SAP Solution Manager system is prevented by a special BW
multicube layout. This layout enables a high level of aggregation of UPL data.
Example: UPL data of one business day are transferred to SAP Solution Manager into the BW day
cube 0SM_UPL. From there (selected) data are migrated on a daily basis into the weekly data cube,
the monthly data cube and the yearly data cube. The day cube covers the information how often a
dedicated ABAP unit was used per day (e.g. several hundred times) while all other cubes list ABAP
units only once.
The dimension how often an ABAP unit was used is not covered anymore in the week/month/year
cubes which leads to a high level of aggregation and prevents large database space consumption.

Activation of UPL
The recommended way to activate UPL is to run the Custom Code Management Setup procedure
(SOLMAN_SETUP), available as of SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP10. UPL activation on older SAP
Solution Manager Versions is described in SAP Note 1955847 . Within the UPL activation in the
managed system a daily background job is scheduled to transfer all UPL data of the managed system
to SAP Solution Manager where the data is stored for further use. The residence time of UPL data in
SAP Solution Manager can be defined individually within the CCM setup procedure. A description is
available in this guide.

Sizing Experience
The average data volume per UPL entry (in day cube 0SM_UPL) counts 148 Byte. The sizing can be
calculated with this formula:
("number average daily used UPL entries in managed system" * 'number of days" * "number of
observed managed systems" * 148 bytes
Convert the key figure in gigabyte.
Example:
200.000 UPL entries (average / day) * 30 days * 5 productive systems * 148 bytes = 4 GB
4GB data volume is required to store UPL data of five productive systems for 30 days.
Note: The default resistance period of UPL data in day cube is 30 days if housekeeping is active.

Recommendation
We recommend setting up the housekeeping job (Step 2 of Custom Code Management setup) for
any SAP system with active UPL data collection and where UPL data are transferred to the central
SAP Solution Manager system.

UPL data collection release restrictions

If UPL was already activated before the update to SP11 on SAP Solution Manager 7.1 the following
specifics are important based on the installed software components.
Managed System
ST-PI SP08

SAP Solution Manager 7.1

SP09 or SP10

ST-PI SP08

SP11

ST-PI SP09

SP11

UPL data transfer handling

UPL data is collected from the day on, at which
UPL has been activated.
Historic data from before that activation date is
not available.
In Solution Manager system only daily UPL cube
exists.
Data is collected from the day on, at which UPL
has been activated; historic UPL data already
collected before SP11 installation in SolMan is
not transferred. In SolMan UPL data is
aggregated to weekly, monthly and yearly cubes
if CCM setup was configured (SOLMAN_SETUP).
Preferred and recommended scenario!
If historic UPL data exists in the managed system
that has not yet been transferred to Solution
Manager, all data is uploaded to the BW cube in
an initial load run.
Afterwards, daily UPL data is transferred. If the
customer first uses scenario 2 then the load of
historic data is automatically done after the
update to SP09 on the managed system.
In SolMan data is aggregated to weekly, monthly
and yearly cubes.

2.1.2

Semi-dynamic TBOM Generation

Already with SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP10, it is possible to automatically create semi-dynamic
TBOMs (Technical Bills of Material) as part of the Business Process Change Analyzer. Scope and
Effort Analyzer tool is using this innovative approach to define the test scope even without any
business process documentation available.

Elements of semi-dynamic TBOM generation

One part of Scope and Effort Analyzer application is to identify the impact on testing for the
upcoming SAP software updates. To do this analysis the application does two important preparation
steps automatically if no blueprint or TBOMs are available before the SEA analysis
1. Generate a module based business blueprint
For this SEA relies on the usage statistics data from the managed system. It then categories
each of the used transactions based on the Application Component Hierarchy and builds a
module based business blueprint structure
2. Create Semi-dynamic TBOMs
SEA automatically creates the semi-dynamic TBOMs by utilizing the Usage and Procedure
Logging data.
Technical Bills of Material are a collection of SAP objects used by each of the transactions in the
customer system. In order to find out the impact of upcoming software updates (changed SAP
objects) on existing running business processes (transactions), SEA compares the changed objects
with the content of the TBOMs for each of the transactions in the business blueprint.
The semi-dynamic TBOM generation happens as follows
Scan through the business blueprint and find all the transaction codes
For each transaction code, go to the managed system and retrieve the source code (semidynamic generation is looking for workload statistics (ST03N) in the managed system)

Scan the source code of the transaction to identify SAP objects used in the source code in
the first call hierarchy
Filter out those objects which are not part of the UPL data.
Continue to scan the source code for level 2 and so on.

With this approach SEA is able to create semi-dynamic TBOMs for all transactions in the business
blueprint automatically. UPL is a key enabler for this approach.
If no UPL data is found for a given transaction code, then SEA will create a static TBOM, which
basically includes all objects in the source code of the transactions (which might have objects which
the customer has never used).

Semi-dynamic TBOMs in Scope and Effort Analyzer

Step 3: Prerequisites
3.1 General Preparation Steps
Before you start with Scope and Effort Analyzer some general planning tasks are recommended. This
section gives you further advice on how to prepare a Scope and Effort Analyzer run.
We understand Scope and Effort Analyzer as a tool to support your planning phase of maintenance
events such as SPs or EHP deployments. In general SEA tool was designed to calculate the
development and test effort and many further details for you productive system of your system
landscape. The productive system which is in scope of the analysis is also called the managed
system.
After you run through the one time preparation tasks as described in chapter Solution Manager
Configuration and some system usage information (UPL data) of your productive system are
available (see chapter Mandatory prerequisites for Managed Systems) you are ready to start the
Scope and Effort Analyzer tool.
The key element of this tool is a guided procedure where relevant questions about the planned
maintenance project are asked. For your first guided procedure you should plan around one hour
time (decide on the input, read the help texts and so on). Any further guided procedure runs should
take less time.
Once the guided procedure is completed you can start the background processing of Scope and
Effort Analyzer. The background processing can take up to several days depending on the amount of
data to be analyzed and collected (for example to read and analyze the impact to custom code
objects or to generate the semi-dynamic TBOMs). SEA does provide a processing log to monitor the
progress of the background tasks.
Once all background jobs are finish the analysis result report is available for collection and further
project related usage.

3.2 Definition of the analysis landscape

The typical use case of Scope and Effort Analyzer tool is to analyze the productive system of your
SAP system landscape. Nevertheless the SEA guided procedure allows specifying up to three
different system roles. To take the greatest advantage of SEA analysis we recommend to first plan
which systems you intend to analyze and based on this decision to configure each system in scope.
The different system roles are specified as follow:
System role custom developments and modifications
You specify the system ID (SID) in the second step of the guided procedure. This system is the source
system from where the custom code and modification information are taken to calculate the change
impact and development effort.
Two different selections are possible here: your development system or your productive system.
The decision depends on your preferences.
Production system: only modifications and custom development objects of the production
system are analysed, regardless if there are for example new development projects ongoing
not yet in productive use. If productive UPL data are available the picture of used / unused
custom code objects and modifications delivers a reliable result as both source data are
collected from the same system.

Development system: Specify your develoment system to read all existing modifications
and custom developments, even those never transported into production.
Seelct the dev system here if ongoing development projects should be taken into
consideration of this analysis run, which are not yet in productive use.
Note: In case you have a bulk on developments which never left the dev system, the total
adjustment effort shown in the result analysis might be higher compared to adjustment
effort analyzing production system only.
Furthermore note that each and every dev object which only exist in dev system can never
have any usage information per default (because this object does not exist in production
where the usage information is taken from). Object which only exists in you dev system are
displayed in the SEA result analysis in the category unused or unknown usage.

Recommendation: Select the production system that shall be upgraded for this system role. This
ensures that only those custom developments are analyzed that are actually deployed to
production. If you wish to extend the analysis also to project work not yet released to production,
you can choose other systems, such as a development system.
It is possible to run two SEA analysis one with the dev system and the second run with the
production system as source system for custom code and then compare both results.

System role read usage statistics

This is the system where all statistics about the actual usage of executable programs and
transactions and ABAP program objects called by these executables are collected. This system has to
be a production system because only there valid usage information exists!

System role test scope optimization activities

On this system the test scope optimization is generated. We recommend using a test or QA system
for this role. Note: The technical bill of material (TBOM) required for the test scope optimization will
be generated on this system. This calculation will usually generate significant load on the selected
system. The system should be on an identical SP level as the production system.

Possible system role definition

The table below lists all preprequisites for the different system roles:
System role

Recommended
Mandatory
selection
prerequisites
Custom
Production system or ST-PI 09 (or higher)
developments and Development system
modifications
RFC connection to
SolMan

Usage Statistics

Production system

Test
scope Test or QA system
optimization
activities

Mandatory prerequisites
SOLMAN_SETUP:
Managed System
configuration
Custom Code
Management
configuration
For DEV System only: UPL
activation not needed
SOLMAN_SETUP:
Managed System
configuration
Custom Code
Management
configuration

ST03n data
available
Optional (highly
recommended)
UPL data available
RFC connection to
SolMan
Trusted
RFC SOLMAN_SETUP:
connection
to Managed System
SolMan
configuration
ST-PI 09 (or higher)

3.3 Mandatory Prerequisites: SAP Solution Manager

1. You have installed Support Package Stack 11 on your SAP Solution Manager 7.1 system.
2. You have implemented SAP Note 1933506 (SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP11 Basic function)
as part of the SOLMAN_SETUP procedure.
3. After the technical installation of SP11 you have to run through the SOLMAN Setup steps,
transaction SOLMAN_SETUP. The following steps are a prerequisite to run SEA:
System preparation (all steps)
Basic Configuration (all steps)
Managed Systems Configuration (for all system roles to be analyzed)
Custom Code Management (Steps 1 6), for system role usage statistic and
custom code see table above for details.
Note: the configuration steps of Custom Code Management will set up the custom code
structure and activate UPL in the managed system(s). Furthermore the transfer of UPL data
between the production system and the SolMan system is configured.
4. Authorization for Scope and Effort Analyzer tool: For working with the Scope and Effort
Analyzer, a user needs in the authorization object SM_SEA the authorization for the
following activities:

Start application in display mode

Create an analysis
Change an analysis
Delete an analysis

The following roles for end-users of Scope and Effort Analyzer are available

SAP_SEA_ALL_COMP: Scope and Effort Analyzer Composite Role (Full Authorization)

SAP_SEA_DIS_COMP: Scope and Effort Analyzer Composite Role (Display Authorization)

See also the SAP Solution Manager Security Guide on SAP Service Marketplace, at
http://service.sap.com/instguides SAP Components SAP Solution Manager
<current release>.

5. All managed systems must be maintained correctly in LMDB. More information can be found
here:
http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SMSETUP/Maintenance+of+Product+in+the+System+L
andscape?original_fqdn=wiki.sdn.sap.com.
Call transaction code LMDB and check if the managed system you want to analyze with
Scope and Effort Analyzer tool is created in the landscape database. Display system details
and verify that all data are up-to-data. Refresh data if required. Check for example if the
Software Component Versions (menu entry Software) match with the real system versions.
6.

Maintenance Optimizer setup is done including the basic configuration. More information
can be found in the Maintenance Planning Guide for SAP SolMan 7.1 SP05, on
http://service.sap.com/instguides SAP Business Suite Applications SAP ERP SAP ERP
6.0 Planning. Direct link: Maintenance Planning Guide for SAP SolMan 7.1 SP05

3.4 Mandatory Prerequisites: Managed Systems

If you plan to analyze one or several SAP Systems, for example an SAP ERP 6.0 system some technical
prerequisites must be given on those systems. If the prerequisites are not given the functionality of
Scope and Effort Analyzer will be limited or not given at all. Therefor we group the prerequisites
based on the full functional scope.
For full functionality of Scope and Effort Analyzer tool the managed systems should have:
1. Solution Tool Plug-In ST-PI 2008_1_xxx SP09
(Required for UPL data transfer and semi-dynamic TBOM generation)
2. Minimum required SAP NetWeaver version to activate UPL:
a. SAP NetWeaver 7.01 SP10 or
b. SAP NetWeaver 7.02 SP09 + Kernel 720 Patch 94 or
c. SAP NetWeaver 7.31 SP03 or higher
3. Minimum kernel version
a. Kernel 7.20 patch >430 or
b. Kernel 7.21 patch >120
(Required to activate UPL Usage and Procedure Logging)
4. RFC/Trusted RFC connection to SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP11 system (created by
SOLMAN_SETUP)
5. Usage & Procedure Logging data of a representative period to have trustful and reliable
results of system usage information. As longer as better. We recommend a period of 3 month
(based on your individual system activities).
Note: If UPL data are not available Scope and Effort Analyzer can be used but with
limitations based on the missing usage information. Without UPL data it is not possible to

show used or unused custom code objects or modifications and to calculate savings by
adjusting only used objects.
In addition without UPL data it is not possible to generate semi-dynamic TBOMs. In this case
only static TBOMs can be generated. Static TBOMs might be less effective as semi-dynamic
TBOMs.
6. Sufficient system usage data (at least 1 representative month in /ST03N)
Note:
All UPL based prerequisites are given in SAP Note 1828848 Usage and Procedure Logging: Technical
prerequisite.
ST-PI 2008_1_xxx SP09 (or above) is mandatory to generate semi-dynamic TBOMs. We
recommend to schedule TBOM generation jobs on your test or quality assurance system (to avoid
the load on your production system). Therefor the guided procedure of Scope and Effort Analyzer
(Step 2) will ask for System used for test scope optimization activities where the test or QAsystem can be specified. For static TBOM recording, there are no kernel requirements.

3.5 Prerequisites: Integration with HP QC Testtool

For customers to use Scope and Effort Analyzer tool with HP Quality center, some additional
configuration steps are mandatory. The steps required for configuring the same are described in the
How-To guide of Business Process Change Analyzer (BPCA) available on the following link and also
available under SOLMAN_SETUP BPCA section:
https://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700000043712014E.PDF
On a high level perspective you have to perform the following steps:
Run the SOLMAN_SETUP configuration steps as described in this document
Setup the connection between BPCA and HP Quality Center (as described in the How-To
BPCA guide, chapter 6 BPCA Integration with SAP Quality Center by HP).
Run one initial guided procedure of Scope and Effort Analysis to create a new project ID
(therefor follow the steps in this guide).
Synchronize the newly created project with HP Quality Center. The procedure is described in
the BPCA How-To Guide, chapter 6 BPCA Integration with SAP Quality Center by HP.
After this initial run delivers a result report, run a second guided procedure of SEA and select
in step 3 of the guided procedure the project ID created in the first run. In addition select
now in step 4 of the guided procedure HP Quality center as test management application.
Now SEA will read all test management information available in HP QC.
Further information can be found here:
http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SM/SAP+Solution+Manager+WIKI+-+Test+Management
Note: for the integration of SAP Solution Manager and HP Quality Center a special license is required
(Name: "SAP Solution Manager Adapter for SAP Quality Center by HP"). A temporary license for
testing purposes might be available on request. Please contact your local SAP account representative
for any details about SAP license. For details see SAP Note 1059350.

Step 4: Step-by-Step Procedure

This section will explain the step by step procedure for all necessary preparation and configuration
steps and the extraction of Scope and Effort Analyzer tool. Prerequisite of this documentation is the
technical installation of SP11 on your productive SAP Solution Manager system.

4.1 Solution Manager Configuration

After you have implemented Support Package Stack 11 on you SAP Solution Manager 7.1 system you
can run through the SAP Solution Manager configuration. Therefor call transaction code
SOLMAN_SETUP. Configuration steps of the highlighted areas are required. In the following
chapters we will guide you through the configuration steps.

Menu tree of transaction code SOLMAN_SETUP with relevant configuration areas

...

4.1.1

System Preparation

The configuration checkpoint System Preparation consists of 7 different steps. The field Update
needed indicates which configuration tasks are required after SP11 installation.
In addition ensure to implement SAP Note 1933506 in Step 4. This note contains all relevant notes
with bug fixes to run the guided procedure of Scope and Effort Analyzer tool.

Transaction SOLMAN_SETUP with detailed view on configuration area System Preparation

4.1.2

Managed Systems Configuration

The configuration step Managed Systems Configuration ensures that the connection to the relevant
system you want to analyze is active and up-to-date. Check all systems where the field update
needed is marked. For SEA run make sure that at least your productive and Test/QA system are
defined in the Managed System Configuration and show green lights on all checks!
Note: In the Scope and Effort Analyzer guided procedure you can specify up to three different SAP
system roles of your SAP system landscape (details are covered in the explanation of the guided
procedure, STEP 2). Once decided which system roles to select in the guided procedure ensure that
these systems are available and set up in the Managed System Configuration step as well.

View on Managed System Configuration setup in SOLMAN_SETUP

4.1.3

Custom Code Management

The Custom Code Management setup consists of 9 different steps. To be able to run Scope and
Effort Analyzer tool at least steps 1 to 6 are mandatory to configure.

On the following pages we will guide you through the single configuration steps of Custom Code
Management. Additional information on each step is available in the Help section of each
configuration step. Further very detailed information about the technique behind each single activity
is accessible in column Documentation Link Display.

4.1.3.1

Step 1 Managing System Preparation

In this step, you technically prepare the SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) infrastructure
for the Custom Code Management scenario. The infrastructure enables all kinds of data providers in
the Business Intelligence (BI) client of SAP Solution Manager.
Proceed as follow:
Switch to change mode by pressing button EDIT.
Select button EXECUTE ALL
Make sure that the execution status of the activities is Execute
In the pop-up window select radio button ALL ACTIVITIES
Press button REFRESH
After some seconds the status of some activities will display a green light while the BW Content
Activation activities still shows a yellow light.

Select the first activity with a yellow light

 Press button EXECUTE SELECTED

The status will immediately switch to a green light, which means that the background job
CCMS_BI_SETUP was scheduled successfully.
Go to transaction SM37 and enter job name CCMS_BI_SETUP
Monitor the job (expected runtime approximately 5-10 minutes)

After this first job finished with success proceed with all remaining BW Content Activation activities
showing a yellow light in the exact same way as done before.
If you want to learn more about the technique behind this content activation or other activities in
this first step press DISPLAY of column Documentation for each activity. The information will also
help in case of any failure of the automatic execution.
Proceed with step number two if all jobs finished with success and all status lights are green.
Press button NEXT to jump to step number 2

4.1.3.2

Step 2 Housekeeping Settings

This step provides three different actions:

- UPL data migration
- Activation of housekeeping job
- Deletion of UPL data in cubes
UPL data migration: This is a mandatory step if the migration section appears!
This section will dynamically appear only if UPL data were already found in your system (stored in
the day cube 0SM_UPL) and has not been migrated to the new multicube layout (introduced with
SP11) yet.

In this case proceed as follow:

Press button TRIGGER to start the UPL data migration
Monitor jobs SM:AGS_CC_UPL_MULTICUBE and *BI_JOB in SM37

The message log area on the bottom of this window will also give you an update on scheduled tasks,
dates and results.

Additional information
The migration of UPL data ensure that all data stored in the BW day cube are migrated to the new
multicube layout. This will ensure that SEA is able to read those data (SEA will read UPL data only
from BW month cube by default!). The migration to the new multicube layout affects to all UPL
data found in the SAP Solution Manager system not limited to single managed systems only.
Activation of housekeeping job
The table below this section lists systems where UPL data have been found.
To activate the automatic housekeeping for BW Info Cubes (day, week, month and year cube), the
table allow you to define residence times per Info Cube for Usage Procedure Logging (UPL). The
table contains default best practice housekeeping values, based on our experience. The values for
each cube type can be changed at any time, by choosing single or multiple systems and by clicking
on the Activate button.

This is an optional step which activates the local housekeeping for UPL Info Cubes. We highly
recommend to trigger the housekeeping job for all systems where UPL is active to avoid large
database space consumption over time.
To schedule the housekeeping job proceed as follow:
Press button EDIT
Select one or more systems shown in the list
Select button ACTIVATE
Note: if you activate UPL on any additional managed system within this Custom Code Management
setup the housekeeping job will be scheduled automatically for these systems.
If you want to deactivate the housekeeping job for any system change the Job frequency to value
NONE and press button Schedule selected jobs.
Optional: How to check if the housekeeping job is active for a specific system?
Call transaction code SE11
Display content of database table E2E_BI_DELETE
Select Contents all entries
All SIDs in column LOW and line 0SM_UPL are registered for housekeeping job.

Example: UPL data housekeeping job is active for SAP system with SID XUQ

Deletion of UPL data (optional)

You can schedule a job to delete the data in the related Info Cubes, according to the housekeeping
settings above.

Deletion of UPL data: All data older than defined in the cube retention period can be deleted
Start the data deletion using the Start immediately radio button, or the option Schedule at and
specify the date and time. Example: the retention time of UPL data day cube is 30 days. Any UPL
data in the day cube older than 30 days can be deleted (they are available in an aggregated form in
the week/month/year cube) from this cube by running this deletion job.
Continue with the next setup step number 3 to proceed with the configuration.

4.1.3.3

Step 3 Create Template Users

This optional step creates standard template Users in the SAP Solution Manager system.
If you use BI Reporting, you need additional standard template users in the BW system/client. If your
BW system is in the same client as SAP Solution Manager, the relevant roles are assigned to the
standard user in the SAP Solution Manager system.
To create new users proceed as follow:
Switch to EDIT mode
Press radio button Create all Users
Specify new passwords in the popup window and save
The users are successfully created if the light in column status is green.

See the log message area for further details:

Note
The role SAP_SM_S_RFCACL is necessary if you create users in a managed system. The user ID and
password must be the same for the SAP Solution Manager system and the BW system.
All users and user roles are only templates. If your user definitions and processes are different, adapt
the users and user roles (authorizations) accordingly. For more information, see the Security Guide
for SAP Solution Manager at http://service.sap.com -> SAP Components -> SAP Solution Manager.

4.1.3.4

Step 4 Scope Selection

In this step, you select the managed system(s) where you plan to activate UPL and run Scope and
Effort Analysis. You must select at least one managed system (where both lights are green) to
proceed to the next step.

Note
Make sure that you already run the Managed System Setup for all systems you select from the list.
When choosing a managed system in this step, the RFC status and the auto configuration status are
updated. You can only select systems with green status.

Choose the managed systems that you want to configure.

To select several systems, use the CTRL key.

Continue by pressing button NEXT.

4.1.3.5

Step 5 Client Selection

In this step you specify for each system selected in the previous step the client number as a context
for certain activities, for example, scheduling extractors, background jobs, or retrieving status
information. For each managed system selected specify one target client (usually the productive
client). The client number here must match with the client number specified in the Managed
System setup (setup of RFC connections).

Note
Only those client numbers are presented in the drop down list which have active RFC connections
available. If a client is not displayed in the list, go back to the Managed System Setup and configure
the RFC destinations correctly.

4.1.3.6

Step 6 Configure Infrastructure

In this step, you configure the technical infrastructure of data extractors and required background
jobs. Click on next without any actions taking here.

4.1.3.7

Step 6.1: SAP Note details

In this step you check the technical readiness of the selected managed systems for plugin levels and
required SAP Notes. The check below is an automated version of the procedure described in SAP
Note 1906451, and performs a remote check of the RTCCTOOL infrastructure on your managed
systems.
You will get a result log for each system which has been checked in the log area below. The details of
each log (show details) list the mandatory SAP notes which are not in each managed system.
Implement all essential SAP Notes before proceeding to a next step.
Press button execute all and check the results displayed
Continue with the next step by pressing button NEXT.

Step 6.2: Activate extractors

In this step, you activate the extractors for the selected systems, by choosing checkboxes. By default,
all extractor categories which fulfill the technical prerequisites (!) are selected.

For Scope and Effort Analyzer setup make sure that the at least the following extractors are marked:
CC Gen, CC Ref and UPL. If those boxes are not marked automatically some prerequisites are not yet
given.
Note: Some extractors have technical dependencies. For example, you may need to use the latest
ST-PI release, SAP_BASIS release, or SAP Kernel version (specifically for the Usage and Procedure
Logging, see SAP Note 1828848). If the target system does not fulfill the technical requirements, you
cannot select the extractor (for details, see the log).
Activities
Select one system
Tick the checkboxes: CC Gen, CC Ref and UPL (mandatory)
Tick more checkboxes if required
Choose button ACTIVATE
Check in the log section that the activation was successful (green lights).
All extractors can only run in one client in a managed system. The same extractor cannot be
activated in two clients.

Step 6.3 Schedule Analysis Jobs

In this step you finally schedule some analysis jobs in your managed system. The Schedule Analysis
section must show at lease the following job names: SDF/UPL_PERIODIC_EXT_JOB and
/SDF/CC_REFERENCES.

Activities
Select job SDF/UPL_PERIODIC_EXT_JOB for the managed system and check that setting for
Job Frequency shows value DAILY
Press button Schedule Selected Jobs
Select job SDF/CC_REFERENCES for the managed system and check that setting for Job
Frequency shows value WEEKLY
Press button Schedule Selected Jobs
Continue for any other managed system in the list
Note on Performance
The CC_References Job reads the entire custom code in the managed system (only on the very first
start each additional job is running in delta mode only). The load is produced on the managed
system itself not in the SAP Solution Manager system.
This initial job can produce a moderate load on the managed system and can run for several hours.
The job will start in the night after pressing button schedule selected jobs or schedule all jobs.
Important: if you want to include latest custom code objects in SEA analysis (for example after a
customer release go live) make sure to refresh the reference information by scheduling this job
before starting a new SEA run.

This is the last step of the Custom Code Management setup relevant for running Scope and Effort
Analyzer tool. Run through the remaining steps, if you intend to set up further custom code tools,
such as the Custom Code Library, for example.

4.2 Additional Recommended Checks

We recommend some additional checks before you start the guided procedure of Scope and Effort
Analyzer tool. These checks will ensure that important prerequisites are really given.
1. Check the availability of UPL data
Verify that UPL data are available for your managed system you intend to analyze. The
background job transferring UPL data from managed system to SAP Solution Manager is
running per default before midnight on a daily basis.
NOTE: If UPL data collection was just activated before, perform this check on the next day
(after the UPL data transfer job was running at least once).
To verify that UPL data are available for your managed system perform the following steps:

Login to your SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP11 system

Call transaction code RSA1
Select option InfoProvider from the left menu
Open: SAP Solution Manager SAP Solution Manager Custom Code Lifecycle Management
UPL Information (Month)
Right click select from menu: Display data
In the popup Characteristic Selection select entry Select Characteristics and confirm
On the next screen select button Fld Selectn for Output, then choose button Select all
Confirm your selection with green check button (tick twice!). Now all UPL data stored in the
BW month cube are visible.

2. Check the current ST-PI software component and patch version of your managed system.
The mandatory version is ST-PI SP09 or higher. If at least you development and test system of
your system landscape do not fulfil this prerequisite Scope and Effort analyzer tool will fail to
run.

Screenshot of SAP Solution Manager, transaction RSA1 to display UPL data of month cube

3. Activate the ICF Services as described in SAP Note 1983399

Call transaction SICF and search for the following services:
/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/ags_sea
/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/AGSSEA_ANALYSIS
/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/AGSSEA_CREATE_ANALYSIS

Activate these services.

4. Check that your SolMan user has sufficient authorizations:
To work with Upgrade and /or Test Management workcenter
All required authorizations to start SEA analysis (role: SAP_SEA_ALL_COMP)
See also the SAP Solution Manager Security Guide on SAP Service Marketplace, at
http://service.sap.com/instguides SAP Components SAP Solution Manager
<current release>.

4.3 Run Scope and Effort Analyzer

In this section we explain in detail how to generate a result resport for a maintenance event such as
a Support Package installation or SAP Enhancement Package deployment.
Prepare some time to run through your very first guided procedure (approximately 20 minutes if no
technical issues occure). In addition we recommend to read the Hepl documentation available for
each Step of the Guided Procedure.
Additional information
Once you run throuth the entire steps of the guided procedure a new analysis is created and you can
to start the background processing by pressing botton START displayed in the column Status &
Action to calculate required data. The background calculation consists of several activities, for
example to check the ST-PI version of the managed system or to retrieve the Usage and Procedure
Logging data of the managed system. This background processing can and should be proactively
monitored. The runtime of the entire background processing can be some hours up to days,
depending on the system performance but mostly on the amount of data to be loaded, analyzed and
generated.

4.3.1

Start a new Guided Procedure

In this section we guide you how to create a new Scope and Effort Analyzis for your managed
system. Just follow the steps as described below:

Login to your SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP11 system

Call transaction code SOLMAN_WORKCENTER
Selcet workcenter Implementation / Upgrade Plan Create or view Scope and Effort
Analysis. This will open the main screen of Scope and Effort Analyzer.
By using buton Create you can start the guided procedure to run a new analysis. A new
window will popup with the guided procedure. Now run through each step as described on
the following pages.

Example on how to access Scope and Effort Analyzer start screen in SAP Solution Manager

Note: On this start screen you have access to various functionality of Scope and Effort Analyzer. By
pressing the question mark in the upper left corner more information on the provided functionality
here are available.

Start screen of Scope and Effort Analyzer, overview of scheduled analysis runs

4.3.1.1

Guided Procedure Step 1

Once you select button Create the guided procedure will start in a new explorer window. You will
automatically access the first step of the guided procedure.
Provide a name for this specific analysis and select the SAP system to be analyzed (aka managed
system), for example your productive SAP ERP system where you plan to implement Support
Packages or SAP Enhancement Packages.
Note: each step of the guided procedure offers a detailled help information area. You can access the
help area by pressing on the question mark ikon in each step of the guided procedure.
Press button Next to jump to process step 2.

Process step number one of application wizard Scope and Effort Analyzer: Select Systems

4.3.1.2

Guided Procedure Step 2

In this step you can specify additional systems (system roles) of this analysis run. In total you can
specify 3 different systems. Read the instruction below with care to specify the right systems.

System No. 1
System No. 2
System No. 3

Process step number two of Scope and Effort Analyzer: Specification of Additional Systems

System No. 1: Specify system to read custom developments and modifications.

Enter the system ID (SID) of the system from which the modifications and custom developments are
selected for the change impact analysis.
Note: Basically there are two options which system to specify here: the development system of your
landscape or the production system. The decision depends on your preferences.
Production system: only the modifications and custom development objects of your
production system are analysed, regardless if there are for example new development
projects ongoing not yet in productive use.
Development system: Specify your develoment system to read all modifications and
custom developments. This might be beneficial if ongoing development activities / projects
should be taken into consideration (not yet in production) to identify the change impact on
these new objects.
Note: If you have a large number of development objects never transported into production,
the total adjustment effort shown in the result analysis might be higher compared if you
analyze the production system only. Keep also in mind that all custom objects of your
development system cant have any usage information if they do not exist in your
production system. These objects are then part of the category not used or unkown
usage.
Recommendation: Usually, you should select the production system that shall be upgraded for this
system role. This ensures that only those custom developments are analyzed that are actually
deployed to production. If you wish to extend the analysis also to project work not yet released to
production, you can choose other systems, such as a development system.
System No. 2: Specify system to read usage statistics.

Enter the system ID (SID) for the system from which all statistics about the actual usage of
executable programs and transactions and ABAP program objects called by these executables are
collected.
Note: This system has to be a production system because only there valid usage information exists!
System No. 3: Specify the system used for test scope optimization activities.
Enter the system ID (SID) for the system on which information used for the test scope optimization is
generated.
Note: The technical bill of material (TBOM) required for the test scope optimization will be
generated on this system. This calculation will usually generate significant load on the selected
system. Therefore we recommend using a test or quality assurance system for these activities. The
selected system has to have the same software configuration (product version, support package and
custom developments) as the production system. Make sure that the system you specify here has
the ST-PI version SP09 (or higher) installed! Otherwise the SEA run will fail.
Once you specified the three systems you can either press button Perform Checks or use button
Next. Both options will trigger the prerequisite check. In case the checks determine errors or
warnings, the results are shown in check result tables for each system role on this screen. All
mandatory checks must show status green, otherwise you cant proceed. Any red status indicates
that one or more steps of the SOLMAN_SETUP procedure described in chapter Solution Manager
Configuration is missing or might have failed. Proceed by pressing button Next.

Example of successful check results

4.3.1.3

Guided Procedure Step 3

In this step some information about the business blueprint are nessesary. We decide between two
different cases:

Case 1 business blueprint does already exist

A business blueprint for your productive system does already exisit. In this case you can select one
or more projects or solutions which contain the business blueprint by using button Add Project or
Add Solution.
Note: the button Add project or add solution becomes active only, if one or more projects in SAP
Solution Manager are available. Make sure that a logical component does exist and that the systems
selected in the previouse step are assigned to this project or solution. (A logical component is
created in the SOLMAN_SETUP procedure as part of LMDB setup.)
In addition you can specify, if your selected business blueprint or solution covers all processes used
of your productive systems.
We recommend to select the option Create a Project and Business Blueprint for executables not
covered. The combination of both approaches (using your existing business blueprint and generate
an additional SAP Solution Manager project and business blueprint with the remaining executables
in use ensure that any used object not yet part of your blueprint is covered in the analysis.

Case 2 no business blueprint available

In case that your company has not defined a business blueprint in SAP Solution Manager yet, you
can generate a new business blueprint automatically in the background that is organized by SAP
Modules. This business blueprint does not provide an end-to-end definition of processes, but defines
all used business transactions (based on the usage statistics, ST03N of System No. 2 specified in the
previouse step) by the SAP Application Component Hierarchy (ACH). In this case the application will
generate a new SAP Solution Manager project which contains the generated business blueprint.
Select radio button Create a Project and Business Blueprint for executables not covered.

Recommended
selection

Specify business blueprint Option create a Project

Once the option Create a project was selected some additional information are asked:
Project ID: The project ID is created automatically.
Project Type: Specify the project type (in most cases this should be type Upgrade for EHP
installations or type Maintenance for pure SP Stack updates)
Description: enter a description for your project
Logical Component: Select the logical component from the list (the logical component must
include at least System No. 3 specified in the previouse step)
Button: Show Application Components
You can exclude executables from blueprint generation by deselecting ACH components via button
Show Application Components. More information on this feature and the module based business
blueprint generation is available in the help secion of this step.
Recommendation: this stetting is only for advanced usages, in most cases you can take over the
default selection).
Note: Custom developed executables are detected as well and assigned under a special blueprint
node CUSTOMER Customer Executables and structured by development classes, in case they are
available.

Specify business blueprint specify details on new project for business blueprint

Screenshot of transaction SOLAR01, project created by SEA tool based on used SAP transactions

Continue by pressing button Next once you have made you input.

4.3.1.4

Guided Procedure Step 4

In this step you can select your Test Management Application and preferred approach for Test Scope
Optimization, which is calculated by Business Process Change Analzer (BPCA) in the background.
Test Management Application
Please specify your Test Management Application, such as SAP Solution Manager or HP Quality
Center. You can flag more than 1 application, in case you are using more than one application for
test management.
In case that now 3rd party test applications are used just tick SAP Solution Manager here.
Test Scope Optimization
In case you have already defined an Optimization Approach, you can select it for use during the
subsequent background analysis. Please include a test coverage of 100% or less, such as 99% which
determines whether all impacted objects shall be included in the test scope.
You can change the test coverage percentage later in the analysis result to see the impact on test
effort.
Test Case Recommendation for creating Test Cases
The application can provide recommendations for creation of automated test cases. For this you can
specify up to which test coverage percentage automated tests shall be considered. In addition, you
can select a rule how to perform recommendations for the remaining percentage to cover 100% test
coverage. These values can be changed in the analysis result view later to see the impact of

Continue by pressing button Next once you have made you input.

4.3.1.5

Guided Procedure Step 5

This step summarizes all input and selections you made in the previous steps. In case you wish to
change some of the input return to the respective previous steps.
Note: Verify the correct selection of systems SIDs for the analysis run. To calculate optimal results
UPL usage data should be available of the productive system.

If your input is correct continue with the definition of the target software version by pressing button
Continue with Target Definition.

Important information on step Continue with target definition

This function opens the wizard of the Maintenance Optimizer in a new window to define the target
software version for your planned Support Package or Enhancement Package installation. The wizard
will guide you through the steps to enter the information required to calculate the future software
stack and SAP ABAP objects.
Note: To conduct an Scope and Effort Analysis you do not have to process all steps of the
Maintenance Optimizer transaction.
It is important that you correctly enter the requested information in steps 2, 2.1 and 2.2. All other
steps you can skip by pressing Continue. When reaching step 3 of the Maintenance Optimizer
transaction, the required stack.xml file is created. You can close the Maintenance Optimizer at this
point. In the start screen of the Scope and Effort Analyzer the analysis status is in column Target
Definition should be set to OK.

4.3.1.6

Step Select Files

In this step you can choose how the files for your maintenance are selected. Choose option Calculate

Files Automatically and press button Continue to jump to the next step.

Confirm your selection by pressing button Continue.

In the next screen you need to confirm the update option. The preselected option SAP enhancement
package for SAP ERP is the option you need to select in this step.

Confirm this step by using button Continue.

4.3.1.7

Step Choose Stack

In this step you have to select the target enhancement package version and support package stack
version you plan to install in your landscape.
In addition you have to specify the technical usages you plan to update (either take over the
preselectio or add further technical usage based on your functional requirements).

Confirm this step by using button Continue.

4.3.1.8

Step Confirm Target

In this step the maintenance optimizer transaction displays the target selection of all products
speciefied in the previouse step. Review the selection and press button Continue to jump to the next
step.

4.3.1.9

Step Choose Add On-Products (optional)

For Scope and Effort Analyzer this step is not required. You can either select Add On-Products you
want to install in addtion or press button Continue to jump to the next step.
Note: The impact of Add On-Products are not yet part of Scope and Effort Analyser. This feature is
planned for the next release of SEA.

4.3.1.10

Step Select OS/DB-Dependend Files (optioal)

For Scope and Effort Analyzer this step is not required.

You can either select OS/DB-Dependend files or press button Continue to jump to the next step.

4.3.1.11

Step Select Stack Independend Files (optional)

Here you can select further software update packages for your software update. It is possible to
include latest i.e. HR Support Packages by using option Include / Exclude files from download
baseket. As this is an optional step press button Continue to proceed if no further packages are

required.

4.3.1.12

Step Select Stack-Dependend Files (optional)

In this step further non stack-dependend files can be selected. Press button Continue to jump to the
next step after you (optionally) made your selection.

4.3.1.13

Step Confirm Selection

Confirm by using button Continue that the files are putted into your download basket. This
confirmation will create the stack.xml file needed to start the Scoep and Effort Analysis run.

Step Confirm Selection

In step 3 of the maintenance optimizer transaction the stack.xml files are created and exported to
the local EPS inbox (SAPTRANS directory). Check the successful creation of those files. Press button
Save and Close to leave this screen.

4.4 Start Background Processing

Now you can come back to the start screen of Scope and Effort Analyzer.
The new analysis run which was just created shows button START in the Status & Action column.
Both columns System Selection and Target Definition shows value OK. This indicates that all
required information to start the analysis background calculations are made.
You can now start the background tasks by pressing button START.

The successful start of the background processing is displayed with a confirmation Analysis Started.

Now the status in column Status & Action shows the entry Running for your newly created SEA run.

You can now monitor the background processing by using the hyperlink Running.

4.5 Monitor the Background Processing

Go to tab Processing Log to monitor the outcome and progress of the background processing.
Here you find a list with several steps or checks (mandatory or optinoal steps). Column Status
indicates the progress which can be: OK, In Process, Initial or failed.

Ideally the background processing does not stop on error. To retriew the final result report come
back to this screen from time to time to monitore the process and once all jobs finished to collect
the result report. Plan some days for the entire background processing jobs to finish.

Troubleshooting
In case one or several jobs part of the background processing show status failed you can find more
details on the root cause in column Recommendation, for example to check the backgound job
protocol for further details.

Screenshot of SEA analysis run with status failed

Once the issues are solved you can easily restart the background processing by pressing button
Restart.

4.6 Collect and Review SEA Result Report

Once all steps of the background processing finished with success the result report is ready. You can
display the report by navigating to the main sceen of Scope and Effort Analyzer. The Status View
Results indicates that the result report is available.

..

4.6.1

Basic Navigation thought the Result Report

Once the result report is available you can display the same by pressing on Status View Results.
Now you can navigate through the information available for your maintenance event.
The information is directly accessible by choosing one of the available tabs, for example tab Test
Management.

Overview or first level information of Scope and Effort Analysis

The overview information is designed for the Project Management lead to get a good understanding
of the major effort building blocks of the planned project.

4.6.2

Access and Review the Detailed Information

In a second step the detailed information can be analyzed by the project team leaders. Therefor all
detailed information about the custom code / modification and the Test Management area are
accessible by navigating to the PAGE drop down menu.

4.6.3

Guidance on Interpretation of Results

Detailed background information is available by pressing the question mark icon on each side. The
information provides will help you to understand and interpret the results in relation to your
planned maintenance project.

4.6.4

Close the Result Report

You can close the result report by using button Close on each side of the report. The result report
will be available for any further use or view on the central landing page of Scope and Effort Analyzer.

Step 5: Appendix
6.1 View UPL Data on Managed System
Following the steps below will explain how to view the UPL data collected on the managed system.
Logon to you managed system where UPL data collection was activated
Open transaction SE38 and start the report program /SDF/SHOW_UPL
Enter the date range and select display options
Click on execute icon

The output shows the UPL data collected for the given date range.
Important Columns are showing the following data
o Date: All list entries with the same UPL date were executed at this date.
o Object Type: Describes the type of objects. PROG for programs frames, etc.
o Object Name in Object Directory: Name of the surrounding ABAP repository object.
o Tcode/program: Name of the ABAP Include containing the ABAP procedure.
o Type: Type of ABAP processing block. You are able to distinct between executions of
function modules, class methods, selection screens, user exits, etc.
o Name of Processing Block: The real name of the ABAP procedure.
o Accumulated Executions: Number of real executions.

5.1 Useful Notes

The following list of SAP Notes will help in analyzing and resolving in any issues you might face while
implementing and using Scope and Effort Analyzer.

1955847
1828848
1843943

UPL: Activation Procedure and Authorization Handling in SAP Solution Manager

Usage and Procedure Logging: Technical prerequisite
CCLM: Activation of the 0SM_CCLM cube fails

5.2 Further Help

For further help on Scope and Effort Analyzer please refer to the following links (some of the links
are accessible only to SAP Customers and Partners)
Scope and Effort Analyzer central information side
o http://service.sap.com/SEA
SAP Solution Manager
o http://service.sap.com/solutionmanager
Test Management (Presentations, Demos, Whitepapers)
o https://documents.wdf.sap.corp/share/page/site/SAPtestmanagement/dashboard